Pages

Tuesday, April 16, 2013

《健康no.1》健康/环保讲座(3月31日)

新加坡报业控股出版的《健康no.1》杂志在331日在莱佛士会议中心 (Raffles Convention Center) 举办健康展览和讲座。主办当局邀请地球协会当天在130分到Sophia Ball room呈现环保讲座。










地球协会成员在当天1点到达现场。我们呈现了30分钟的《饮食对健康/环境的影响》讲座,并分发环保手册,向民众传播健康/环保讯息。观众们都专心地聆听讲座。
健康展览和讲座活动在下午4点钟圆满结束。


Earth Hour event @ Vegan Burg (23 Mar)

Mr Alex, CEO of Vegan Burg, invited Mr Low to attend their Earth Hour event @ Eunos Vegan Burg. Vegan Burg supports Earth Hour by switching all lights from 8.30 to 9.30pm. They also donated all sales during Earth Hour to Tzu Chi Foundation.











Some celebration program (i.e. singing, story-telling) were held during the lights-off hour. Mr Balakrishna, a yoga teacher, read some stories to the children during the lights-off hour.
Mr Low attended the event and supported Vegan Burg’s effort for Earth Hour.




Pro-Teach (Horizon) GW talks (21 Mar 2013)

Ms Patrica Ong, Manager of Pro-teach (Horizon), invited Earth Society to conduct 2 Global Warming talks at Pro-teach (Horizon) student care center on 21 Mar. Mr Low presented a GW talk and Quiz to P3-to-P6 students from 2.30 to 3.30pm. A simplified version was presented to the P1-P2 students from 3.30 to 4.30pm









Staff’s Feedback:
The statistics presented were alarming. It will prompt the audience to contribute towards prevention of Global Warming. Young audience may have difficulties understanding though.

- Ms Patrica Ong, Manager of Pro-teach (Horizon)

Pace of presentation was just nice for the students. Lots of animation to keep them interested.
- Ms Ayu, Student Care teacher

Very interesting and engaging presentation. Easy for the kids to comprehend. The kids’ feedback was that they love the videos and the quizzes especially.
- Ms Linda, Student Care teacher

Thursday, April 11, 2013

Assembly Talks & Booth @ Nanyang Primary (11 & 12 Mar)

Last year, Earth Society conducted 2 Assembly talks for Nanyang primary students/ teachers. The talk received lots of positive feedback from pupils and teachers.

This year, Mdm Rebecca Goh, Subject Head of NE/SS in Nanyang Primary, invited us again to conduct 4 Assembly talks for Nanyang primary’s P1, P2, P3 & P5 pupils on 11 Mar & 12 Mar.

On 11 Mar, Earth Society members reached Nanyang Primary (King’s Road Campus) on 9.20am. We conducted a Global warming talk (Upper primary version) for P3 pupils from 9.30 to 10am, set up a booth at the canteen from 10 to 11 am and conduct another talk for P5 pupils from 11 to 11.30am.

On 12 Mar, we reached Nanyang Primary (Toh Tuck Campus) on 8.20am. We conducted a Global warming talk (Lower primary version) for P2 pupils from 8.30 to 9am, followed by a talk to P1 pupils from 9 to 9.30am. We set up and manned a booth at the canteen from 9.30am to 11 am.

Students and teachers listened attentively to the talks and learn more information about environmental protection.





The following are some feedbacks for the Assembly talk:

Students’ Feedback:
I learn that we must take good care of the planet. 
- Clarice, P2 pupil, NYPS

I like the videos that you showed us. I will try to do some stuff that I learn at home. - Joy Goh, P2 pupil, NYPS

I learn that I should protect the Earth. I learn that cows produce a lot of green house gases, I will eat less meat and hamburgers.              - Zachary Mok & Ester Wong, P3 pupil, NYPS

I loved the talk. I learn that we should not cut down trees. I learn about having Veggie Thursdays.
- Iann Tan & Goh Cher Maine, P3 pupil, NYPS

Teacher’s Feedback:
·         The assembly talk was very meaningful, it made pupils know what is the condition of our mother earth now, and what we can do to save the earth. Those video clips were interesting, Bravo Speaker.

·         The talk was informative and create awareness. Especially the part that encourage us to eat vege rather than meat and giving us the reasons. 

·         The assembly topic was a good social topic, though quite an abstract one for our young pupils, but the excellent graphics help a lot. The speaker was very patient and he managed to contain his message within time constraints.

·         I liked the talk a lot. Convinced me to reduce my intake of meat. I'm not sure if the children could understand all of that though. May wish is to tackle just one or two environmental issues. 

Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Earth Society's "I Will If You Will" Challenge

This year, Earth Society decided to participate in WWF Earth Hour’s “I Will IF You WILL” Challenge (IWIYW) to encourage everyone to adopt sustainable actions beyond the hour.
[ More info on IWIYW Challenge: http://earthhour.wwf.sg/iwiyw.php ]

This is our “I Will IF You WILL” Challenge:
“Earth Society will commit to conduct 50 FREE Environment talks for schools
and NGOs IF 800 people will commit to support Veggie Thursday or Go
meatless one day a week.”

To View our IWIYW Challenge, pls visit:

[ Pls close the pop-up window to view the Challenge.
  Pls consider if you would support Veggie Thursday or go Meatless one day a week to support  the cause.

To accept the Challenge, pls click the “Accept this Challenge” Button.
You would need to sign in with your gmail / youtube account to accept
the Challenge.  :>]

For more info on Veggie Thursdays, please visit : www.veggiethursday.sg

Let’s work together to create a sustainable future for everyone.

Earth Hour 2013


WWF (World Wildlife Fund) is organizing Earth Hour, one of the most successful global environmental movement , on 23 Mar (Sat).

Last year, Earth Hour took place in more than 7000 cities and towns across 152 countries with more than 5 million people participating in the event.

This year, WWF invites organizations/ companies/ individuals to switch off light on 23 Mar from 8.30pm to 9.30pm to raise awareness about the need to take action on Climate change.

The official 2013 Earth Hour video is available on youtube:

Apart from Switching off light for 1 hr, WWF also initiates the “I Will If You Will” (IWIYW) Challenge to encourage world citizens to adopt sustainable practice beyond the hour.   http://www.youtube.com/earthhour

IWIYW attracts many government officials, dignitaries, companies, organizations etc to participate in the challenge:

e.g. The Mayor of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, will ride a bicycle from his house to office on 25 Mar, if 50 buildings in KL will switch off for Earth Hour 2013.

Singapore Marina Bay Sands will raise its air-con by one degree for one day every month of the year, if its top 20 vendors raise their air-con temperatures by one degree. IKEA Singapore will have a free reusable blue bag day if 20,000 pple pledge to use reusable bags instead of plastic bags.
……..

In 2013, WWF organizes various activities in different countries to encourage sustainable development.

In Singapore, WWF holds road shows in various locations to educate the public on how to reduce energy consumption.

WWF Singapore also produces various Earth Hour Action Kits for schools/ companies/NGOs to download.

The kit encourages Singaporeans to take 4 key actions to reduce the ecological footprint of Singapore:
1.    Reduce usage of Plastic Bag
2.    Turn up the air-con by 1 degree
3.    Change to LED light bulbs
4.    Take shorter showers

In US, WWF initiate an “Earth Hour City Challenge” movement to encourage cities to take practical measures to prepare for increasing impacts of climate change and promote renewable energy. U.S. cities that participate will receive resources and gain recognition for their efforts to curb carbon pollution and prepare their communities for the harmful consequences of climate change.

US, WWF “Earth Hour City Challenge”:

In China, WWF launches a “Green V Week” campaign. The campaign encourages the Chinese population to adopt one green action a day every week to promote sustainable living.

The recommended Green actions are as such:
Mon: Eat More Veggie
(similar to the Meatless Monday campaign that many countries have adopted)
Tues: Use reusable bag
Wed: Don’t Drive
Thurs: Bring your own Chopstick
Fri: Don’t waste food
Sat:  Love the animals
Sun:  Walk out of the house to enjoy the Natural surroundings

中国地球一小时活动:《我做绿V客,环保一起来》
http://www.wwfchina.org/wwfpress/presscenter/pressdetail.shtm?id=1447

……

In recent years, there has been growing awareness on the detrimental effects of meat production on the planet. Thus, we can observe that the “eco-conscious people” are becoming more vocal to urge the public to reduce meat consumption to protect the environment.

Some examples from WWF Earth Hour/ IWIYW are:

1. Green School Bali (Indonesia) Grade 7 students will organize a Green School community beach clean up, if 1000 people will go without fast food for one month. 

2.Treehugger's Food and Wine writer Jerry James Stone promises to go vegan for a whole month if 1000 people do the same for a week. 

3. In 2012, Nadya Hutagalung (WWF Singapore and Earth Hour Ambassador) challenged 6 of her husband’s friends to go vegetarian for 1 month. Her husband, in turn, challenge 60 of her twitter followers to go vegetarian for 1 month and he will cycle from his house to the Earth Hour event.

4. In 2011, Li Bing Bing (China Star and Earth hour Ambassador) promised to eat 100 days of veggie meals in the year to do her part in protecting the environment:

5. WWF 2013 “Green V Week” campaign encourages the Chinese population to “Eat More Veggies” every Monday.

It’s encouraging to see this less meat/ more veggie trend.
Let’s join in to do our part in protecting the environment. :>